Re: Copy files to an audio player and playing order - luv-main

28 Aug 2013

From: "Glenn McIntosh" &lt;neonsignal(a)memepress.org&gt;
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  On 27/08/13 22:48, Peter wrote:
  for f in `find . -type f`; do cp $f /mnt/$f; done

 Apart from not catering for embedded spaces in filenames, the 'find'
 here won't sort the files into a collation order. 
Sorry, I wanted to pipe it to sort (find . -type f | sort) but forgot  
to write it down.

The white space problem was exactly the reason while I did not start  
it last night. Too late for thinking;-)

...
  Also, there's a program 'fatsort' in the
package repositories which will
 do recursive directory sorting on FAT16 and FAT32, though I haven't
 tried it myself. 
It worked but it does not fix it. It looks as my problem is another  
file found on the SD card, MSGLIST.MSF.

http://www.sony.com.au/support/faq/1187263

"MSGLIST.MSF is a file that contains information such as the order of  
folders, playback order of audio files and recording date and time. If  
user connects the recorder to the computer, the MSGLIST.MSF files are  
displayed but do not delete or change these files. If these files are  
operated, the saved files may be broken or the recorder may not work  
correctly."

Oh well, I guess because my first copy was random it remembers the  
unsorted list.

I deleted the MSGLIST.MSF file and it was recreated. And now, most  
likely because the FAT entries are sorted, the order is right.

So next time:
1. Copy
2. fatsort

before disconnecting.

Thanks!
Peter